88 percent of adults say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.
The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association survey found just 4% wouldn't get an injection.
While the remainder responded with "unsure".
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People Are Trusting The Science - IPHA
This survey from the IPHA and Ipsos MRBI has shown interest in vaccine take-up as improved since the start of the year.
Nearly 9 out of 10 people have either got or would get a vaccine.
So that is a 13% rise since January.
However, just 4% say they wouldn't get one.
Which is down from 7%.
Director of Communications at the IPHA Bernard Mallee says it shows the public are trusting the science:
"The 4% hard no is a very small number in the overall context."
"So that means the country can gradually unlock, we can lift the restrictions."
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It May Change As We Go Down The Cohorts
However, of those who said they wouldn't get a vaccine, 1 in 10 were in the 25-34 age cohort.
Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, Luke O'Neill, isn't surprised:
"It may change when we get to the under 30s."
"Remember there was talk of giving away those vaccines to the developing world for those younger people."
"That may be a reasonable thing to do in the next two, three months."
"Because it's true, this disease doesn't really affect young people, so you can see why there'd be a bit of hesitancy there."
The number of people who were unsure of getting a vaccine also dropped to 7%.
So that's compared to 18% in January.
